a former province on S Kyushu, in SW Japan: famous for its porcelain ware.
(lowercase) a kind of mandarin orange.
a small citrus tree, Citrus nobilis var. unshiu, cultivated, esp in Japan, for its edible fruit
the fruit of this tree, which has a loose rind and easily separable segments
C19: originally from the province of Satsuma , Japan
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Wednesday, when officers responded to the 5600 block of Satsuma Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
A Bristol film school, Boom Satsuma is reusing some of the items.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024
All three of these aspects of Japanese psychology formed the crux of that Tom Cruise film of 2003, “The Last Samurai,” a romanticized version of the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2015
Or tuck a slice into his lightly battered tempura assortment, alongside shishito pepper, Alaskan red snapper fillets and a fritter-like kakiage of Satsuma yam and tiny, sweet baby shrimp.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2010
There was another group of men, differing from both, namely, the partisans of the real father of the Prince of Satsuma.
From A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues by Suyematsu, Baron Kencho
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